Hoste baronets explained

The Hoste Baronetcy, of the Navy, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 September 1814 for the naval commander Captain William Hoste.^[1] The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1915.

Hoste baronets, of the Navy (1814)

• Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet (1780–1828)^[1]
• Sir William Legge George Hoste, 2nd Baronet (1818–1868)^[1]
  • Dorothy Augusta, married on 1891 John Bevill Fortescue.^[2]
• Sir William Henry Charles Hoste, 3rd Baronet (1860–1902)^[1]
• Sir William Graham Hoste, 4th Baronet (1895–1915). He left no heir. He was killed in action during World War I with the Rifle Brigade, at the Second Battle of Ypres.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Foster . Joseph . The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire . 1883 . Nichols and Sons . Westminster . 329 .
2. Book: Fox-Davies . Arthur Charles . Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority . 1895 . Jack . 387 . en.
3. Book: Dixon . John . Magnificent But Not War: The Battle for Ypres, 1915 . 1 January 2003 . Casemate Publishers . 978-1-84415-002-1 . 308 . en.